Newsletter of the Walnut Creek Racquet Club. August, Mid-Summer Tournament

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1 The Court Reporter Newsletter of the Walnut Creek Racquet Club August, 2018 Mid-Summer Tournament

2 Walnut Creek Racquet Club OFFICERS P.O. Box 4574 Walnut Creek, CA (925) President Glenn McBee glennmcbee@gmail.com Vice President Tammie Snyder tammie4tennis@gmail.com Secretary Deanna Fong deanna_fong@yahoo.com Treasurer Cara Mia Barnacascel sakuraiiko@gmail.com ACTIVITY CHAIRPERSONS Club Bob Satcher Photographer bsatcher@astound.net Newsletter Tammie Snyder tammie4tennis@gmail.com Website J. Patrick Forden forden@percepticon.com Lynne Weinshelbaum lweinshelbaum@yahoo.com Tournaments NIcole Leong nhlphoenix@gmail.com Sally Krapf sallykrapf@gmail.com USTA Leagues Sterling Fairholm sterling@fairholminsurance.com Membership Pam Maloney pam4tenis@gmail.com City of Walnut Glenn McBee Creek Liaison glennmcbee@gmail.com Mixed Doubles NIcole Leong Leagues nhlphoenix@gmail.com Doubles League Lynne Weinshelbaum lweinshelbaum@yahoo.com Summer Singles Cameron Coltharp ccoltharp@telecarecorp.com The President s Report Glenn McBee 2018 WCRC President August 2018 Hope all are having a wonderful summer and you are keeping your cool while playing at the WCTC! We recently held the Mid Summer tourney and the weather was warm, but not too hot. Tammie did a great job (per usual) in putting together a great tourney. And Sally is picking up the reins and will be running more events like this soon. Lots of player have joined in the fun of Summer Singles league. If you haven t signed up yet, still plenty of time as the season continues until late September. You can sign up at Wow, lots of tennis court activity going on. All 12 Northgate courts are being totally redone. And construction of a new instructional tennis court and 2 new Pickle ball courts, with lights at Heather has begun! OUR voice counts. If you want to show support at a city meeting, contact me. PROS meet 1st Monday of even numbered month. City council 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month, all at City hall at 6pm. Congratulations to our WCRC teams that are moving into playoffs and beyond, so many! Be well and we will see you on the courts! Glenn WCRC Leagues Priyanka Holmes Gift Coordinator priyanka.holmes@gmail.com Social Media Garvin Tom Coordinator gtom12@hotmail.com 2 The Court Reporter August 2018

3 N EW MEMBERS Welcome to Our 9 New Members Current Membership: 1321 Darrell Holt Alameda 4.0 Patrick Huck Berkeley 5.0 Richard Krinks Alameda 4.0 Marian Krochka Walnut Creek 3.5 Arun Kumar Danville 3.0 Michele Parlette Danville 3.5 Michael Regan Pleasanton 3.0 Jaime Santos San Ramon 4.5 William Warm Walnut Creek 4.0 Membership questions contact: Pam Maloney at or at: pam4tenis@gmail.com What s Happening at the Courts? Summer Is Here! As temperatures heat up, Lifetime Activities would like to remind our patrons to exercise caution in the hotter weather. Sun protection (sunscreen, hats, sunglasses) and light-colored clothing are recommended. Stay safe and hydrated! See you on the courts! Improvements and Changes at the WCTC Lifetime Activities is happy to announce that, construction has begun on an additional tennis court and two new pickleball courts at our facility. Please note that all our existing courts will be functional, but court access may be limited. Estimated completion is Fall WC City Council has approved new the new fee structure set to be effective Jan 1st, For more information, please contact Isabella Galang at isabellag@lifetimeactivities.com. Please see page 18 for details. Summer Classes & Camps Summer camp registration is ongoing. Fall session registration open August 13th. You can register and preview offerings online on our website: or stop by the office. Monthly Pass Holder s Specials: All Court Usage Pass Holders are invited to participate in our annual US Open Party on Friday, August 31 st from 8-10pm. Please sign up at the office. The event is FREE for Court Usage Passholders. We are also offering one free ice cream sandwich for passholders. Only one per passholder, please. No substitutions. Want to Play with the Pro?: Our USPTA Certified Pro Duncan Leiggi will be hosting Round Robin Clinics every Friday (8-10PM) and Sunday (3-5PM). Space is limited, so be sure to sign up in advance to hold your spot. ($8.00 Pass Holders, $16.00 Non-Pass Holders) See you on the courts! Visit us online at lifetimeactivities.com or stop by the office at 1751 Heather Drive. Please call with any questions at The Court Reporter August

4 Tennis News Women s F Team Head to Districts! by Sally McKay Woo Hoo!! Walnut Creek F Team captained by Sally McKay & Lee Ann Gove is headed to Districts after winning round #1 of playoffs against St. Mary s, 3-2, and beating Round Hill s A team, 4-1, in playoff match #2. Go Team!! Districts Back Row from left to right: Katie Mannion, Sally McKay, Lee Ann Gove, Pam Palitz, Nancy Wilson, Becky Reiss, Donna Himinez & Stephanie Law. Front Row left to right: Casey Sasner, Lisa Warren, Akiko Mitchell & Deanna Fong. Karen Pearson, Jodie Dowling, Nancy Wilson, Nancy O Neil, Deanna Fong, Karen Nishikawa, Lee Ann Gove, Donna Himinez & Sally McKay Not pictured in either photo: Elinor Axup, Thuy Nguyen, Jennifer Scriabine & Vanessa Sturla 4 The Court Reporter August 2018

5 Tennis News 2.5+ Daytime - Net Nuts - Walnut Creek! by Cris Belli We ve made it to a Championship Match 7 times over the past 3 years!!! This team has played together, for the most part, over the past 3 years, and besides having so much fun, have played some amazing tennis! Playing with integrity and having fun are our two most important things we care about. So, we re onto Districts again!!! And look forward to having more fun! Madeline Ahern, Cristine Belli (Captain), Belinda Castillo, Diane Cunnane, Julie Golinski, Mendy Gonzales, Elena Gulkin, Stephanie Hiew, Cathie Izen, Paula Martinucci, Lisa Nguyen, Erin Pasqualini, Debra Sachwitz, Peg Scheutz, Sabine Walker, Remy Wax, Michelle Weiss, Becky Whisenhunt & Shawnley Walton (Co-Captain) Districts L-R: Becky Whisenhunt, Regina Hughes, Stephanie Hiew, Belinda Castillo, Shawnley Walton (Co-Captain), Cris Belli (Captain), Michelle Weiss, Julie Golinski The Court Reporter August

6 Tennis News Men s team WC vs WC! by Tammie Snyder Every season every league it seems we have so many amazing Walnut Creek teams out of Heather Farm that it s bound to happen that we meet up against each other in playoffs time and time again. We had the privilege of meeting Sean s 4.0 Men s team once again. After losing two close regular season matches it was time to throw down for playoffs. We had some great line ups and either team could have easily won this match. Three super tie breakers decided this match with the final tie breaker going to to decide who moved on to playoffs. Sean s team prevailed and we wish them the best of luck as they move on to Districts. Make Diablo North and Walnut Creek proud! We believe in you! Left: As always in WC vs WC teams the crowds always come out to cheer on each other! Below: back row l-r: Weston Thompson, Kevin Kyono (co-captain), Marty Tedlock, Joe Dell Anno, Troy Rondeau, Garvin Tom, Tammie Snyder (captain), Tal Yahud, Sean Barnacascel (captain), Carlos Gonzalez, Karl Brown, Jeff Maier, Erik Lee, Ron Edwall, Marc Thearle front row l-r: Justin Snyder, Darien Lum, Shuangxi Xu, Anoop Somanchi, Raj Gupta, Chris Seta, James Kim, Ed Wassmuth, Jay Dunlavy. 6 The Court Reporter August 2018

7 Tennis News Women s team WC vs WC! by Tammie Snyder Speaking of WC to WC teams, Women s teams in two flights ended up in playoffs. Tina Sorensen Berman s and Tammie Snyder s team have always had a compeitive rivalry and this season was no difference. Although our team came up short in the end against Tina s team. Again we wish them all the luck heading to Districts in August! Back row l-r: Yana Bazulina, Perry Ann Jeveli, Corrine Christensen, Kay Sander, Laurie Lowery. Front row l-r: Ellie Kan, Jessie Thomas, Tammie Snyder (Captain), Heidi Belton (Co-Captain), Athena Lofquist. Not pictured: Bonnie Briggs- Ramm, Jennifer Caruso, Mary Conversano, Violeta Franco, Nicole Hohenstein, Priyanka Holmes, Soyoung Kim, Lena Larionova and Pascale Siu. WCRC Continues to Support Mt. Diablo High School! Dear Friends of Walnut Creek Racquet Club, on behalf of the players and coaching staff of the Mount Diablo High School Red Devils Tennis Program and Teams, I want to express my deepest gratitude for your recent donation. With this donation the Mt. Diablo High School Red Devils Tennis Program was able to buy a leaf blower which will help to keep their courts clean and safe for their players! by David Pintado The Court Reporter August

8 Tennis News WC Men s 4.5 C - Ready for Districts!!! by Elliot Feinberg Walnut Creek 4.5 MC caps off a successful local season by winning both playoff matches to advance to District championships in Sacramento. They played the first round against the 4 th place Lafayette team and won 4-1. They met another Walnut Creek team (Captained by Victor Lioz) in the second round. It was a close match (with 4 of 5 lines going three sets!), but the team managed to win 5-0. Carlos, Matt, and the rest of the team look forward to a strong performance at Districts. Team Members: Carlos Carbajal (Captain), Matt Panuwat (Co-Captain), Boris Bindman, Sebastien Boifort, Tony Chih, Elliot Feinberg, Ben Feinberg, Greg Fox, Andrew Hinton, Paul Kramer, Cam Larner, Nafeh Malik, George Maniya, Greg Mclean, Ryan Meganck, Dan Pottorff, Jon Toney, Andrew Wachner, Mike Yurkus Playoff Round 1 Team with future team member Colin Krueger. Districts Playoff Round 2 Team with cheerleaders Sarah and Sophie Feinberg and our fluffy team mascot Finnley! 8 The Court Reporter August 2018

9 Tennis News WC Women s On To Districts!!! by Susan Sovik The WC Womens 3.5B team, Captained by Lisa Italia and Susan Sovik, swept their final play off match to punch their ticket to Districts! The second round took place at Rudgear Park, which had never seen such a crowd! Both sides brought chairs and a large cheering section, as well as awesome players. Congratulations ladies. Keep it going at Districts. Team members: Jana Bachman, Jenn Cano, Cheryl Enos, Deb Gaisser, Lisa Herman, Regina Hughes, Lisa Italia, Soyoung Kim, Andrea Klembeth, Krisztina Kohlhaas, Somi Lim, Becca Perez, Kim Phillips, Dina Platon, Claudia Polidori, Deidre Rubcich, Zaida Siu, Susan Sovik, Fan To, Shawnley Walton and Alissa Welch. Districts The Court Reporter August

10 Mid-Summer Tennis We had an excellent tournament on Saturday with warm weather and clear skies. Thank you first to our amazing photographers Glenn "I'm leaving now but never left" McBee and Bobby Satcher! Additional thanks to Brian Dang who came in with a two hour notice and played the tournament for me! Thank you to Sally Krapf who handled food and learned how to run the tournament and handled it flawlessly. Congratulations to our Division winners!! Division I 4th place - Red Team: Christine Overby, Richard Overby, Becky Whisenhunt, Dexter Loo finished with 36 points 3rd place - Yellow Team: Shelley Bain, Brian Dang, Kelly Anderson, Patrick Forden finished with 37 points 2nd place - Blue Team: Kayla Hornbrook, Matt Starke, Shannon Roecklein, Bob Satcher finished with 58 points 1st place - White Team: Barbara Beckley, Ralph Sanzeri, Betsy Gwynn, Doug Fish finished with 61 points Division II 4th place - Orange Team: Shawnley Walton, Cameron Coltharp, Regina Hughes, Kevin Kyono finished with 33 points 3rd place - Green Team: Susan Aneja, Jay Dunlavy, Pam Maloney, Justin Snyder finished with 35 points (but were definitely best dressed team!) 2nd place - Purple Team: Pru Pruden, Troy Rondeau, Tammie Snyder, Darien Lum finished with 49 points 1st place - Pink Team: Marilyn Meganck, Ryan Meganck, Rebecca Reiss, Garvin Tom finished with 65 points. For all the pictures of the event go here:

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14 White Team: Barbara Beckley, Ralph Sanzeri, Betsy Gwynn, Doug Fish Blue Team: Kayla Hornbrook, Matt Starke, Shannon Roecklein, Bob Satcher Yellow Team: Shelley Bain, Brian Dang, Kelly Anderson, Patrick Forden Pink Team: Marilyn Meganck, Ryan Meganck, Rebecca Reiss, Garvin Tom Green Team: Susan Aneja, Jay Dunlavy, Pam Maloney, Justin Snyder Red Team: Christine Overby, Richard Overby, Becky Whisenhunt Dexter Loo Purple Team: Pru Pruden, Troy Rondeau, Tammie Snyder, Darien Lum Orange Team: Shawnley Walton, Cameron Coltharp, Regina Hughes, Kevin Kyono

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16 A USTA & ITF Pro Circuit Event Central Coast Pro Tennis Open $60,000 USTA Women s Pro Circuit Tournament at Templeton Tennis Ranch September 23rd through 30th, 2018 The only professional tennis tournament to take place in San Luis Obispo County. 80-up-and coming professional players from around the world. Players are ranked approximately #75 to #300 in the world. 32 singles players Qualifying and 32 singles and 16 doubles teams in Main Draw. A total of 74 matches will be played over eight days. Tickets: Qualifying and Main Draw Rounds (Sun-Thurs) - $8/day Semi-Final & Final Rounds (Fri-Sun) - $15/day Full Week Pass (all rounds) - $60 TTR members 50% off. Children 12 and under are FREE! The Court Reporter August 2018

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18 COURT USAGE FEE STRUCTURE Effective January 1, Minute Court Fee (Non-Passholder) 4-Month Seasonal Pass Youth Annual Pass Senior Annual Standard Pass Senior Annual PLUS Pass Adult Annual Standard Pass Adult Annual PLUS Pass Advanced Reservation Fee (Non-Passholder) FEE $ 5 $100 $120 $200 $275 $250 $325 $12 VALIDITY / DURATION 90 Minutes 4 Months 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 event / match AGE GROUP All Ages All Ages 15 & Under¹ 60 & Over¹ 60 & Over¹ Ages Ages All Ages Tennis OPEN PLAY (Reservations made 8 days or less / Walk Ons) EVENT / ADVANCED RESERVATIONS (Made 9+ days ahead) event* event* event* event* USTA League Home Matches BALL/ FALL / SPRING League Home Matches match* match* match* match* match* match* match* match* Official WCRC Events and Tournaments event* event* event* event* Specials Access to LT Monthly Pass Robin Clinics Discounted LT Round Open Play Pickleball² Recreational * Patrons may put a credit on their account to cover Advanced Reservation fees ¹ A valid ID is required for Youth / Senior Discount. Must be of required age at time of purchase. No prorations / exceptions will be made. ² Estimated Pickleball Construction is Fall 2018 Note: All current passes (Annual R/NR and 4-Month R/NR) will be honored until the date of pass expiration. 18 The Court Reporter August 2018

19 CALENDER OF EVENTS TREASURER S REPORT Cara Mia Barnacascel as of June, 2018 Walnut Creek Racquet Club PROFIT AND LOSS January - June, 2018 Aug 3-5 Aug 13 Aug Sep 2 Sep 16 Sep 17 Oct TBA Oct TBA Nov TBA Nov 13 USTA 18+ Team Districts USTA Combo Team Registration Closes USTA 18+ Team Sectionals USTA 55+ Team Season Closes USTA 18+ Mixed Team Season Closes USTA Combo Team Season Opens USTA 40+ Nationals USTA 18+ Nationals USTA 40+ Mixed Nationals USTA Mixed 55+ Team Registration Opens TOTAL Income League Dues 6, Membership Dues 15, Tournament Dues 4, Total Income $27, GROSS PROFIT $27, Expenses Bank Service Charges Board Appreciation Dinner Board Meeting Captains Meetings Contributions District Fees 1, Dues and Subscriptions Filling Fees Gifts League Expenses 5, Locks Office Supplies Porta-Potty Post Office Box Postage and Delivery Printing and Reproduction Professional Fees Rental Deposit Sectionals Fees 1, Software Tournament Expenses 7, Website Total Expenses $21, NET OPERATING INCOME $6, Other Income Interest Income Total Other Income $29.08 NET OTHER INCOME $29.08 NET INCOME $6, Balance as of June, 2018 $41, The Court Reporter August

20 We need your help! Ygnacio Valley High School Needs a coach for their girls team. The season starts the first week of September. For details please contact the athletic director Mark Tran at tranm@mdusd.org Summer Singles League - Standings Men's 3.0 W L Cy Lucas Fernando Saenz Charan Sarjapur 8 1 Women's 3.0 W L Mendy Gonzales Cassie Kim Euna Roh Jeff Magidson 6 2